OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Restoring, Customising and Modifying Ride-On Mowers Resto Notes: Murray ... with Overhead Foxtails

We'll jump a bit here as at this point we'd tapped the engine and wanted to test fit it.
Here's a little trick to tap the holes properly.
Drill a hole almost exactly correct (smaller) in a piece of 19mm MDF only about 75-100mm sq using a drill press and offer the tap through this into the case. This provides a guide to keep the tap square to the cases. Once the tap has taken into the case, remove the guide and flush the hole and resume the procedure.

Any way we dropped the engine in and found that we had a few issues...
The exhaust didn't line up, (no surprise there) and that the engine was longer and the bonnet wouldn't fit. A bit more interesting. We'll look at that soon.
And... the inevitable wiring issues. I'll go into those again but they are relatively simple whe you get down to it.
(I suppose anything is simple after a full switching 32 bit microprocessor).
Here's the engine offered up for initial measurement.
Be prepared to fit and remove the engine several times during the whole thing, I keep a pallet etc. so it's less effort than doing a battery.






Of course all of these procedures were stringently observed by our diligent management team...

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